re: Is a "mold free" certification needed post flood?

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I may be in the minority here, but I can see people asking for proof of drying and mold remediation when buying a home that flooded in 2016. Not a mold free certificate, but proof people in flood zone X properly dried and treated the home. There may be many doing it as cheap as possible. Now, that being said, you could have an air test done at selling that measu red the air born particles for a few hundred bucks.

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I agree with this.

Thanks for the advice all. I am dried out and ready to re lay flooring and sheetrock Saturday and heard someone mention this mold free cert or whatever, so figured I would check.

Gonna treat it as a non-issue.

My brother is a Mold Remediation Contractor "retired" from Houston. If he checks my home ( I have followed all his recommendations) and he said I'm good to start closing in my walls, I'm good to go with out any documents?

I asked my realtor about this and he said the mold cert is a scam. Check with the BR area Realtor group or what not if you want to be safe.

Borax is my go to. But I have started using 91% Alcohol first.

I cringe when I hear people paying for those high priced chemical solutions.

Just an update, gutted house Friday/Saturday sprayed with
91% alcohol let dry then sprayed with Borax.

The mold that was in a few walls is gone and it smells great.

I have the ac running as low as it can go . yesterday the temp was 67 deg. and one small dehumidifier draining into the bathtub drain All the fixtures have been removed and sealed to limit moisture entering the house.

I did the floor test were you take a piece of plastic about 2'x2' and taped it to the floor and and covered that with a blanket. If the floor still had much water the plastic would be wet. It was dry as a bone. This test is only for proof we are heading it the right direction.